NEWS
IUGB IS REINFORCING ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH IVORIAN SCHOOLS
On February 12, 2020, President Saliou TOURE invited heads and orientation leaders from partner schools to lunch, in order to strengthen the friendship that has been running smoothly for almost fifteen years. As part of its partnership with the Ministry of National...
Book signing at IUGB – IUGB Alumna Paule-Aurore Koffi
Drawing from her own experiences, Paule-Aurore Koffi records in her book, values that she intends to share with the youth. Paule-Aurore Koffi, a young writer, has decided to make a contribution to building a motivated youth. A generation that she believes must rely...
IUGB Mourns the Loss of its Student Loukouya Fulbertine TOURE (1997-2020)
The entire IUGB Community is mourning the loss of one of its students, Miss Loukouya Fulbertine TOURE, who passed away on January 9, 2020 at Half Assini, Ghana. Fulbertine was a senior student in the Bachelor of Arts in Political Science program. She always maintained...
Faculty Convocation and Orientation – Spring 2020 Semester
Both full-time and part-time faculty took part in the traditional faculty convocation and orientation workshops, organized a week before the start of Spring semester classes. These feature panel discussions, information sessions and opportunities for faculty to...
Project-Based Learning at IUGB – Biology 2: How Can I Safely Decrease Bacteria in My Food
This past semester, students taking the second semester of general biology carried out research into how to decrease bacteria in food. These types of learning experiences, called “Course-Based Research Experiences” (CUREs), are gaining popularity as a way to give...
UPP Students Stage Mock Trial
Question: Did He Do It? This fall semester a group of Advanced UPP students had to prove or disprove this question. Two of Ms. Lorie Mattox’s advanced Oral Communication classes listened to the podcast, Serial, Season 1, about a young man, Adnan Syed, convicted of...
IUGB Hosts Graduate School Forum
To acknowledge the International Education Week, a half-day US Graduate School Discussion Forum was held at IUGB for more than 100 junior and senior undergraduate students. In partnership with EducationUSA, US Embassy in Abidjan, this initiative was designed to...
IUGB Faculty Take Active Part in First National Ivorian Spelling Bee
In the spirit of reaching out and making a positive contribution to the community, Rodrigo Islas and Mohammed Lekrama, both UPP full-time instructors, took part at the First National Ivoirian Spelling Bee Competition that was held at IPNETP, Abidjan, on Saturday,...